Oman minsitry official has called for transparency in tender processes, saying that better clarity would benefit the Sultanate’s oil and gas sector, Times of Oman has reproted.
“We need to be very transparent,” Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Oil and Gas said at a roundtable event.
On the question whether current tender processes benefit local service companies, Al Aufi said that there are certain areas where there is still room for further transparency.
He added that companies bidding for a certain contract should have the right to know who they are competing against and who the other players are.
Furthermore, those companies who do not win should be given the reasons why they were rejected so that they can improve the problematic areas next time, the official said.
Oman recently awarded a tender to Galfar Engineering and Contracting for site preparation work for its upcoming refinery at the Special Economic Zone in Duqm.
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